Arkayvizyon 6

Arkayvizyon 6 will be the sixth edition of the Chant Ka Arkayvizyon, the national selection event to determine the Arkaystian song in the Maia Song Contest. It will be hosted in Kaysta for the first time in the contest's history, in the Mwangi Arena. It also marks the first time the contest was held outside of the country's capital. The contest will consist of 12 songs, and the winning song will represent Arkaystia in the Maia Song Contest 7. On the 21st of January 2017 it was announced by the Arkaystian Head of Delegation that the contest would return to choose Arkaystia's representative following an internal selection for the previous contest. Courtney Stodden and Ivy Levan were confirmed as hosts on the 23rd January 2017. On the 24th January it was confirmed Cindy Chiang would act as host in the Green room when interviewing contestants.

Format
For the sixth contest the number of songs remained 12 and the voting system remained in line with that of the Maia Song Contest. The two lowest ranked songs in each nation's jury rank would receive no points from that delegation. Each province selected a jury made up of 5 music industry professionals who would present a set of votes that would act as 50% of the vote from each province. The remaining 50% would be made up of a national televote in each region. The international juries made up 70% of the total result with the remaining 30% being attributed to the provincial Arkaystian votes.

Returning Artists
It was announced on 22nd January 2017 that Josef Salvat would be returning to the contest. Salvat previously competed in Arkayvizyon 2 where he failed to qualify from the semi-finals, despite a favourable placing with the international juries. He finished 6th place in semi-final 2, ultimately not winning the Arkaystian televote wildcard to the final.

It was announced on the 25th January 2017 following a line-up change that Arkayvizyon 4 winner Maty Noyes would be returning to the contest on a track with DJ Vanic. Noyes won the controversial contest following the incorrect announcement of the winner. Noyes went on to make the final of the Maia Song Contest 4 where she won her semi but ultimately came 21st in the final.

Participants
The 12 acts were revealed on the 28 January 2017, with the final taking place in February. 10 of the acts were new to the contest.

Results
A playlist of the final is available here.

A recap of the final is available here.